Almotamar.net - President Ali Abdullah Saleh left Sunday Sana'a en route to Washington on a state visit to the United States of America in response to an invitation extended to him from the US president George Bush.
Both the Yemeni and American presidents are to gold talks dealing with ways of consolidating bilateral relations and areas of cooperation between the two countries and the existing partnership between them.
The two presidents are also scheduled to discuss regional and international developments of common interest especially the situations in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Darfur, and Somalia as well as the Arab initiative for peace and efforts on fighting terror.
The president is accompanied in his visit by deputy premier for economic affairs, the minister of planning and international cooperation Abdulkarim al-Arhabi, the foreign minister Dr Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, the presidency secretary general Abdullah Hussein al-Bashiri, advisor to the commander in chief of the armed forces Brigadier Mohammed Ali al-Qassimi, deputy head of the central apparatus of political security brigadier Ali Mansour Rashid and a number of Yemeni officials.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
President Saleh visits Washington
Almotamar.net - President Ali Abdullah Saleh left Sunday Sana'a en route to Washington on a state visit to the United States of America in response to an invitation extended to him from the US president George Bush. 
